Grape skin extract (enocianina)
Grape skin extract (enocianina)Grape skin extract, or enocianina, is a red-to-purple colour recovered from the skins left after winemaking. It is used in drinks, confectionery and dairy products, and like other anthocyanin colours it shifts hue with acidity.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Permitted | 21 CFR 73.170retrieved 2026-09-07 | |
| Codex Alimentarius | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. |
What it is made from
Extracted with water from the pressed skins remaining after grape juice or wine production, then concentrated. It is a by-product of an existing process rather than something grown for the purpose.
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
Every name it appears under
1 recorded name. A label may use any of them.
As it appears in regulation
- Grape skin extract (enocianina)
Hazard reference values
No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.
Evidence and how bodies read it
Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.
Sources for this page
- ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07
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